# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Gemini malformed function call handling bug fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #83869: \[Bug\]: Gemini MALFORMED_FUNCTION_CALL is saved as a successful trajectory
- PR #135010: fix(gemini): preserve failed outcomes for rejected tool calls

These members all concern a bug where Gemini MALFORMED_FUNCTION_CALL responses are incorrectly recorded or returned as successful outcomes. The work involves failing such turns explicitly rather than treating them as empty successes.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.50`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #83869: \[Bug\]: Gemini MALFORMED_FUNCTION_CALL is saved as a successful trajectory

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#83882: fix(agent): fail Gemini MALFORMED_FUNCTION_CALL turns instead of empty success**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#83886: fix(gemini): fail malformed function call turns**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#83882`
- **#135010: fix(gemini): preserve failed outcomes for rejected tool calls**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#83882`, `#129274`
  - files: `agent/gemini_native_adapter.py`, `agent/turn_response_check.py`, `tests/agent/test_gemini_rejected_tool_calls.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `agent`